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Water by Rumi - Haleh Liza Gafori
Thu 23 Apr
|Online Zoom Webinar
This collection of 54 poems by Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, draws on the deep well of Rumi’s masterful poetry, transmitting with fluid grace the wisdom, wit, and passion that infuse his work.
Time & Location
23 Apr 2026, 17:00 – 18:00
Online Zoom Webinar
About the event
**This event is an online Zoom webinar. You will need the following registration link in order to attend.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3uUotq7BQpCS4BCnGgU6tg
Water expands on Gold, Gafori’s inspired and widely praised first volume of translations. As she writes in her introduction to the collection, “Gold highlights Rumi’s rhapsodic, ecstatic side. Water, by contrast, is Gold’s moody cousin.”
Whether Rumi confesses, critiques, praises, nudges, or commands, his startling voice and leaps of imagery dazzle, and his
summons, to surrender to the transformative power of Love, rings with urgency, especially in these polarizing times.
Gafori, born in NYC of Persian descent, grew up listening to Rumi recited in her home. With her